Data & Dev with Jon and Mel

S2E2: English Professor to Sr. Frontend Engineer. A conversation with Emily Morgan

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This was another great conversation. I know I say that every time, but it seems to always be true.

Emily and I (Melissa) crossed paths 5 years ago at Flatiron School.  Our careers have taken different trajectory paths since then and this conversation was a chance to both catch up as well as to get her full story of going from English Professor to Frontend Engineer.

We cover:

  • Choosing the route of academia
  • Work as a college English professor
  • “Trying out” programming
  • Flatiron Bootcamp
  • First role at Pendo
  • Onboarding as a brand new engineer
  • The Bootcamp path
  • Growing from an entry-level frontend engineer to a senior engineer
  • The value of meetups and forming relationships within the industry

    • Two great places to "try it out" are:

    Codecademy

    LaunchSchool


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